Wednesday, July 11, 2007

"MY ROLE MODELS"

Remember these guys? I new them as the "Our Gang" kids, othersknow them as "The Little Rascals." We watched them every morning before we left for school .I can remember being small enough that Steve Dondalski and I would sit in the same chair in my livingroom watching them. Spanky was every ones favorite. The girls liked Darla the main reason that the "He-man Women Haters Club" was started.They were filmed in the 1930's during the Great Depression so everyone was poor. Also notice that the films are mixed race. We grew up knowing this was the way it should be. Go to http://www.youtube.com/ and watch a few. "The Teacher's Beau" is one of my favorites. There is one about them at night with ghosts, that's hysterical and there's always the "Wish I had a watermelon" episode! Buckwheat',"Oh-tay", was so funny and not one character mentioned his speech impediment.Their antics were all good fun. No one got hurt or shot and though they walked a fine line with the law they were great role models.I think it's fair to say that the infamous "Two Idiots", Glenn and Nick, owe them some credit for many of their pranks. It's crazy to get my age and realize that "Our Gang" and "Looney Toons" were a large part of forming my values as a youth.Another time we'll talk 1950's cowboys!

1 comment:

Hey! Amember me?? The Dead End Kids, Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, all rounded out our stupidy. But when you look back, it wasn't so stupid. We kept ourselves amused, which was a feat in itself since malls weren't even thought of yet.